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Y.06.B.B.10


Agostini 2021 a: 166, fig. 17
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary (conjectural)

GENERAL NOTES

Agostini dates the inscription to the 3rd-2nd c. BCE and highlights elements of similarity in content and palaeography with as-Sawdāʾ 27.

TEXT

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   1  [... ... ]ḏ Yṯl w-ʾḏn w-ms³wd ḏ-Yṯl w-Wddʾl ḏ-Fʾd w-Wddʾl ḏ-S²yd ḫw(l)[... ...]
   2  [... ...]n w-ḫwlh-s¹n w-bn mḫmr w-s¹mʿ w-ḏkr s¹ṭr b-ḏn rbbn ʾḥly rʾ[... ...]
   3  [... ...](y)t(m) k-ʾhl Nyṭ w-ḏ ʾṯrh-s¹m b-ʿbrh ḏn rbbn k-ṯʿy mḫmr[... ...]
   4  [... ...]ykwn k-ʾhl Nyṭ mnfqm w-ms³ḫlm wrḫ s¹mʿn w-gzytn ḏ-ʿ[ṯtr ... ...]
   5  [... ...] ḏn s¹ṭrn w-wfʾ hn wfy|

TRANSLATIONS

Italian

   1  [...] di Yathill e l’autorità e l’Assemblea dhu-Yathill e Wadādʾil dhu-Faʾd e Wadādʾil dhu-Shayd, amministratori [...]
   2  .. e il loro amministratore e a partire dalla concessione, il decreto e la rendicontazione per questa raccolta (?), i beni [...]
   3  [...](y)t(m) per la tribù Nayṭ e dei loro successori nei confronti di questa raccolta, per la ṯʿy (?) della concessione [...]
   4  [...] sia stabilito per la tribù Nayṭ un atto vincolante ed esecutivo. Mese dell’atto e del decreto, dhu-ʿA[thtar? ...]
   5  [...] questo documento ed è dato quanto accordato.
Agostini 2021 a: 165-166Agostini, Alessio 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni. Pages 151-171 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Qbḍm of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ
NotesThe block was found in front of the temple.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021 a: 165-166, fig. 17Agostini, Alessio 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni. Pages 151-171 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress.